F-Line to Dudley
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West Med ridership is going to empty out bigtime when MVP station opens. The north region bus reboot will ensure that, as routes are reapportioned around GLX. The CR frequency increases won't counteract the siphon enough with new ridership to merit any superstation in Medford. 6-min. inbound headway behind fare control to all line transfers beats 15 min. outside fare control every time when fares are concerned.
Keep in mind, Haverhill interlining may necessitate that an emptied-out West Med and superfluous Wedgemere get served @ 30-min. only turns for the sake of speeding up Haverhill and/or adding more key infill stops out in 495-land. 15 mins. may only be seen on the Winch Ctr. to Wilmington double-up where it matters the most since MVP + bus optimization puts such a one-way siphon on West Med's + Wedgemere's future ridership ceilings.
While the heft of Waltham bus terminal is a point in favor of a GLX'd Porter superstation (but NOT Union...no Red+77 leaves Union an order of magitude short on demand), there isn't really a driver for that in Medford because of the way audiences will modally part ways after MVP is built.
Keep in mind, Haverhill interlining may necessitate that an emptied-out West Med and superfluous Wedgemere get served @ 30-min. only turns for the sake of speeding up Haverhill and/or adding more key infill stops out in 495-land. 15 mins. may only be seen on the Winch Ctr. to Wilmington double-up where it matters the most since MVP + bus optimization puts such a one-way siphon on West Med's + Wedgemere's future ridership ceilings.
While the heft of Waltham bus terminal is a point in favor of a GLX'd Porter superstation (but NOT Union...no Red+77 leaves Union an order of magitude short on demand), there isn't really a driver for that in Medford because of the way audiences will modally part ways after MVP is built.